AMD EPYC 9684X vs Intel Xeon E5 2687W v3
We compared two server CPUs: AMD EPYC 9684X with 96 cores 2.55GHz and Intel Xeon E5 2687W v3 with 10 cores 3.1GHz . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption and more.
Main Differences
AMD EPYC 9684X 's Advantages
Released 8 years and 9 months late
Higher specification of memory (4800 vs 2133)
Newer PCIe version (5 vs 3)
Larger L3 cache size (1152MB vs 25MB)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 22nm)
Intel Xeon E5 2687W v3 's Advantages
Higher base frequency (3.1GHz vs 2.55GHz)
Lower TDP (160W vs 400W)
Score
Benchmark
Geekbench 6 Single Core
AMD EPYC 9684X
+88%
2097
Intel Xeon E5 2687W v3
1115
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
AMD EPYC 9684X
+164%
21077
Intel Xeon E5 2687W v3
7965
General Parameters
Jun 2023
Release Date
Sep 2014
AMD
Manufacturer
Intel
Server
Type
Server
Genoa-X
Core Architecture
Haswell-EP
AMD Socket SP5
Socket
Intel Socket 2011-3
N/A
Integrated Graphics
N/A
EPYC (Zen 4 (Genoa))
Generation
Xeon E5 (Haswell-EP)
Package
135.24 billions
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
5 nm
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
400 W
Power Consumption
160 W
TSMC
Foundry
Intel
12x72 mm²
Die Size
356 mm²
6 nm
I/O Process Size
-
397 mm²
I/O Die Size
-
CPU Performance
2.55 GHz
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.1 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
96
Total Core Count
10
192
Total Thread Count
20
100 MHz
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
25.5
Multiplier
31.0
64 K per core
L1 Cache
64 K per core
1 MB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1152 MB shared
L3 Cache
25 MB shared
No
Unlocked Multiplier
No
2
SMP
2
Memory Parameters
DDR5-4800
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
12
Max Memory Channels
4
460.8 GB/s
Max Memory Bandwidth
-
Yes
ECC Memory Support
Yes
